Undergraduate College: University of OregonUndergraduate Area of Study: Premedical Studies

MCAT: BS 11, PS 10, VR 11, ROverall GPA: 3.26Science GPA: 3.41

Brief Profile:
Grew up in Los Angeles Area. Graduated high school 2001, then attended community college and worked. Major surgery changed my life in 2004. Transferred to UCSC in 2006 and graduated in 2009, BA Cultural Anthropology. Next, got a BS Human Physiology with Honors, Biology Minor, @ U of Oregon in 2011. VCU "SMP" 2013. I love ceramics, the piano, and watching fish swim.

Post-rejection advising advice from Oakland Admissions office - "Your strong post-bacc GPA shows promise, we like those upper divison science classes. Your low cGPA raised questions. You had slightly less shadowing hours and teamwork/leadership experience than we like to see. This added up to the more competitive applicants being selected for an interview, and not you. More post-bacc and shadowing would help you a lot, and a Masters would be as good as a post-bacc to show academic promise and answer questions about low undergrad cGPA. We liked your research."

University of Cincinnati - "Post-Rejection Advising "We like your application, the uGPA was not a concern. You're slightly below..."

Combined PhD/MSTP: No

Submitted: Yes

Secondary Completed: 7/5/2011

Interview Invite: No

Interview Attended: No

Waitlisted: No

Accepted: No

Rejected: 2/20/2012

Summary of Experience:

Post-Rejection Advising "We like your application, the uGPA was not a concern. You're slightly below average shadowing in ECs did put you behind others, for the interview, who had more. We think your residency (CA) is the biggest problem. Try to take a few classess, maybe part-time at an SMP, as well as add shadowing and any other activites. We were really impressed by your update (interning abroad) - add this to your primary. Consider EDP."

Creighton University - "The school is overall solid, clinically and academically very well provisioned. This is an ideal pla..."

Combined PhD/MSTP: No

Submitted: Yes

Secondary Completed: 9/1/2011

Interview Invite: 3/2/2012

Interview Attended: 3/24/2012

Waitlisted: 4/23/2012

Accepted: No

Rejected: No

Summary of Experience:

The school is overall solid, clinically and academically very well provisioned. This is an ideal place for students who desire international medicine experiences, multicultural exposure, and community service to supplement their education. The city also holds some hidden treasures that can round out an artistic students education very nicely.

Summary of Application Experience

1 application cycle, 2012 entering class.~ 40 applications submitted, 2 waitlists. Schools felt I need a slight GPA fix and more shadowing. Was abroad volunteering while doing secondaries, some schools looked disfavorably on secondaries submitted in late August early September. The update only seemed to help with Creighton, and that information needed to be on my primary.